Resembling or relating to belemnites, or describing animals that have similar characteristics to these ancient cephalopods.
From 'belemnite' plus the Greek suffix '-oid' meaning 'resembling' or 'shaped like.' This term is used to classify creatures with belemnite-like features.
The term 'belemnoid' helped paleontologists recognize that creatures found in different parts of the world and different time periods were actually part of the same evolutionary group!
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